A car was split in half and the driver killed after speeding into a tree early Wednesday morning in a neighborhood on Detroit's east side, according to the Detroit Police Department.

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A car split in half after hitting a tree early Wednesday morning, killing the male driver in a neighborhood on Detroit's east side.

Police closed Outer Drive to investigate the crash just east of the intersection with Chalmers Street.

The car, which police identified as a late-model Dodge Charger with a Michigan license plate, had been eastbound on Outer Drive, "well over the speed limit" of 30 m.p.h., when it hit the tree, Detroit police officer Scott Kolesar said. The car's rear half slammed into a second tree, coming to a stop ...